Apparatus for raising sunken vessels.



* df giiv No. 889,493. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

S. J. URBANSKI.

APPARATUS FOR. RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS.

'APPLIOATI'ON' FILED 1)n0.1o,19oe.

a 5- ling therefor.

STA-NISLAW-JOZEF URBANSKI, or SOUTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS non RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2; 1908.

- Application filed December 10, 1906. Serial No. 347,079.

To all whom it mag concern; v

Be it known that I, STAriisLAw Joznr URBANSKI, a citizenof the United States, residing at South Chicagofinthe county of Cook and-State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Raising Sunken Vessels, of which the following isfa fullf-clear, concise, and exact description, reference .heinghad to the so p n g w n p tx thlsspecifica'tiong i 5." f-

. My invention relates to apparatu for rais: ingsunken vessels; and the principalobject of the invention is'to vrovide suchanapparatus by'which a vessel can'be uickly-raised without the need of extende-d labor oni'the part of thedivers, or of'expe'nsive-a ,aratus. In accordance with my invention provide devices by which the ropes or. cables, calibeeasily attached or appliedtothe sunkenzves sel so as to-lift the same 'from the bottom.; As a convenient arrangement I rovide bands encirclin the vessel, and supp these bands with hoodzs orrin s, to which cables lca'n; be. easil attached. he hooksorrings are a plie at variousplacesupon the body of t e vesselso that no matter in what position it hes when sunken, some hooks or r n s will.

always be exposed and iii-position to. e engaged. The rings or hooks-can be a plied in other ways than byv bands encircling the vessel as herein shown.

In the accompanying drawing; Figure 1;

a view of a vessel such as a submarine, pro-- vided with devices embodying my invention Fig. 2 is a view of one of theencircling bands In. the drawing 1; represents a 'bo at which of course can be anynonstruiztion, but-is shown as a submarine. Asthe construction of the boat does-not enter into the invention, I will not refer to it. I Bands'2, 2 are applied to the-boat 1.as assing. them around the boat at. interva s rom one another.- I have shown founs'uch bands encircling the boat, although the num.-

ber can be varied as desired; Each of-these bands is. provided with rings or straps 3, 3 f secured to the bands in any suitable way and What I claim is:--

arranged at intervals along the length of said bands. As shown, the rin s 3 3- are at the top and sides and bottom 0 the boat. Thus when the boat sinks, ropes or cables can be attached to the rings 3, 3 and the boat raised. If it lies on its side or top there are always rings ex osed which can be engaged.- "1t wi be understood that changes and from thespirit of the invention.

1 1. A boat provided with instrumentalities for facilitating the engagement and raising of the same when submerged consisting of many grapple engaging devices dispersed over the top; ottom, and sides of the boat whereby "some of said devices will occupy a position length, and a plurality of rings carried by eaon said bands. I A boatprovided with 'instrumentalities' for faciiitating the engagement and raising of the same When-submerged consisting of many grappfe engagin devices dispersed over the *top, 'ottoin an sides of the boat whereby some of-saiddevices willv occupy a position readily accessible from 'above theboat irrevices comprising a band encircling the boat, and a-plurality of rin s carried by the band. boat provide with instrumenta ities I the same'when submerged consisting of many grapple e aging devices dispersed over the sur ace of t e boat whereby some of said devices-will occupy a position readily accessible "from above the boat irrespective ofthe positionof .the boat, said devices comprising a band encircling the boat'and aplurality of 'rings 'carried by the band.

In witness whereof, Ihe'reunto subscribe my nanie this-26th day of November A.-D., 1906.

I. O.- LEE.

modifications can be made without departing readily accessible from above the boat irree" spective of theposition of the boat, saidde for facilitating the engagement and raising of 

